(1) 60 H.P. green four cylinder aero-engine and (2) framed Diploma. Item (2) now 1988-749

(1) 60 H.P. green four cylinder aero-engine and (2) framed Diploma. Item (2) now 1988-749, Pictorial Collection

Gustavus Green was the most successful British aero engine designer in the years before the First World War. In 1909 a 60 hp Green achieved the first circular one mile flight in a British aeroplane made by the Short brothers and flown by JTC Moore-Brabazon (later Lord Brabazon). During the First World War, Green engines were overtaken in performance by other makes, but found a marine use in coastal patrol boats. A development of the engine awarded the £1000 prize in the Alexander Motor Prize competition in 1911. The engine has separate steel machined cylinders within a water jacket of thin copper.

Technical Features:

Four in-line cylinders

Water cooled

Overhead valves, overhead camshaft and rocker arms

Ignition: HT Magneto

Carburettor: Zenith

Performance: 60 hp (45 kw)

Weight: 107 kg (236 lbs)